http://neurodudes.com/2005/07/24/tom-wolfes-neuroscience-idolatry/ at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://neurodudes.com/2005/07/24/tom-wolfes-neuroscience-idolatry/#comment-690 Aaron Pell Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:03:05 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/?p=140#comment-690 In terms of right-wing cultural backlash, the future is now: the government is clearly moving towards making all University and College curriculae subject to primary production oversight by government appointees (read: republicans) instead of academic faculty or administration. To see some evidence for my statements, see the latest issue of Academe, the journal of the AAUP. In terms of right-wing cultural backlash, the future is now: the government is clearly moving towards making all University and College curriculae subject to primary production oversight by government appointees (read: republicans) instead of academic faculty or administration. To see some evidence for my statements, see the latest issue of Academe, the journal of the AAUP.

]]> http://neurodudes.com/2005/07/24/tom-wolfes-neuroscience-idolatry/#comment-686 Eric Thomson Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:03:34 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/?p=140#comment-686 Correlatively, we can look forward to a right-wing cultural backlash like that against evolutionary biology. Many religious folk don't take kindly to neuroscientists trampling on territory that used to be the stomping grounds of nonphysical souls. How long before school boards are trying to tout neuroscience as providing just one theory of the basis of the human mind, with soul mechanics being the alternative theory? Correlatively, we can look forward to a right-wing cultural backlash like that against evolutionary biology. Many religious folk don’t take kindly to neuroscientists trampling on territory that used to be the stomping grounds of nonphysical souls. How long before school boards are trying to tout neuroscience as providing just one theory of the basis of the human mind, with soul mechanics being the alternative theory?

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